“Entrance Gate to a Farm with Haystacks” is an artwork by Vincent van Gogh, created in 1888 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The work is rendered using ink on paper and belongs to the Post-Impressionism art movement. This landscape genre piece is currently housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The artwork exhibits a rural farm setting, with prominently featured haystacks that add to its rustic charm. A gated entrance, formed by two stone pillars, provides entry into the farm, and in the foreground, a person is depicted engaging with the land. Surrounding the person, and extending toward the middle ground, intricate linear details represent grass and other natural elements, leading the viewer’s eye toward a line of farm buildings shaded under the sky. Van Gogh’s characteristic technique is evident in the detailed and expressive ink lines, which skillfully capture the textures and essence of the agrarian landscape.
